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used as one of the forms of stanchions represented in Figs/ 

 178, 179 and 186. It is the simplest, cheapest and most 

 expeditious tie invented and the swinging forms which per- 

 mit the yoke to turn and to move a little back and forth 

 provide a reasonable amount of comfort; and where the 

 \vidth of the platform is adapted to the size of the animal 

 they secure as high a degree of cleanliness as is practicable. 



FIG. 180. Thorp stall. 



FIG. 181. Drown stall. 



476. Adjustable Stalls. The four stalls represented in 

 Figs. 180, 181, 182, and 183 are designed to give the cows 

 the maximum amount of freedom of head movement but to 

 force them to stand close enough to the gutter to prevent 

 the platform being soiled. The manger or the head of the 

 stall is made adjustable so as to crowd the cow back against 

 the chain in the rear which confines her. Practically there 

 is no form of tie which can prevent the cow from soiling 

 the platform upon which she stands on account of the un- 

 changable habit of shortening the body by humping the 

 back when the evacuations occur. 



FIG. 182. Roberts stall. 



FIG. 183. Bidwell stall. 



